Maintaining equality between wives in illness
Question
Does the husband still have to maintain equality in the night turns when he is ill?
Answer
Equality still has to be maintained. However, if the wives forfeit their right and allow him to spend the nights at one wife’s place, then it will be permissible for him to recuperate at one wife’s place.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
( بلا فرق بين فحل وخصي وعنين ومجبوب ومريض وصحيح ) (الدر المختار 3/204)
والزوج الصحيح والمريض والمجبوب والخصي والعنين والبالغ والمراهق والمسلم والذمي في القسم سواء. (الفتاوى الهندية 1/340)
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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